Off topic, but I just remembered that when I was a kid there was some snippet on the news about a new treatment which would allow the gums to be softened (??) which would give the doctor/ortho time to reform the teeth. This was supposed to be the quick and fast answer to braces. I never heard of it again and when I've searched for it I've come up empty. Have you heard of this?
You may be thinking of Wilckodontics. From what I could tell, they don't really go into depth on their website, but what they do is place braces and then irritate the bone (essentially drill holes ("scar" the bone) in strategic spots). During the healing from this insult, osteoclastic activity is increased... accelerating the remodeling of bone. As the bone remodels, it can respond more quickly to PDL forces than it normally would. I think I first heard about this in the context of military folks who needed orthodontics, but needed results quickly.
